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OTTAWA — Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in his final weeks in the job.

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals' fiscal update this week put a cost to all the emergency COVID-19 aid the federal treasury will dole out. It delivered some shocks: a gigantic deficit and a projection that the federal debt will top $1 trillion.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $35 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on July 14 will grow to approximately $40 million. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — The idea that the man accused of crashing into the grounds of Rideau Hall would have been treated differently if he were dark-skinned is disheartening, the RCMP's commissioner and the head of its union said in a joint statement Friday.

CALGARY — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Cargill Ltd. that claims the meat-packing company failed to take reasonable precautions to protect its workers in Alberta during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Executives from three of Canada's largest grocery chains were in communication before launching and ending temporary wage increases for grocery store workers during COVID-19, but maintain their decisions were not co-ordinated. Metro Inc.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:10 p.m. on July 10, 2020: There are 107,125 confirmed cases in Canada.

OTTAWA — Calls for independent review of the Liberal government giving a sole-source contract to the WE organization intensified Friday with the Conservatives demanding police step in and the NDP asking the ethics commissioner to add the finance mini

MONTREAL — Quebec's arts scene is being rocked by a wave of sexual assault and harassment allegations against well-known figures in the province's entertainment industry.